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SOLD This Burnham, Fox & Co. plow plane was made sometime in 1842-1844 in Amherst, Mass. It is in good shape except for the dogmeat wedge. The wedge fits nicely in its mortise, but the top is chewed up. Works fine. Looks sad.

The screw arms are in good shape with nice threads. The skate is straight. The depth stop works fine.

This also includes a set of eight irons. Six irons are from William Ash & Co. One is a Ward. The last is unmarked. All have tons of life left in them. Only a few are set up for use.

This is a fine user plane as-is. And the maker is fairly rare. Add a replacement wedge and you’ll be set for life.

Price: $65 plus $9 domestic shipping. SOLD

About Tool Sales on My Blog
Please read this if you are interested in buying a tool. Why am I selling these tools? Read this entry before you freak out. There is no “master list” of tools that I can send you. I am working through several piles of tools and will list them when I can.

Want to see only the tools that haven’t sold? Easy. I’ve created a category for that on this blog. Click here and bookmark that page. When you visit that link, you’ll see only the tools that haven’t been sold.

While you can ask me all the questions you like about the tool, the first person to send me an e-mail that says: “I’ll take it,” gets the tool. Simple. To buy a tool, please send me an e-mail at christopher.schwarz@fuse.net.

Payment: I can accept PayPal or a personal check. As soon as the funds arrive, I’ll ship the tool using USPS. If you want insurance, let me know. I’m afraid I can only ship tools in the United States. Shipping internationally is very time-consuming and paperwork-heavy. My apologies in advance on this point.

If you don’t like the tool when you get it, I’ll be happy to refund your money if you return the tool. But postage is on you.

— Christopher Schwarz

SOLD: When I finally turned away from Japanese saws, this was the tool I took up for dovetailing. It’s a Henry Disston & Sons No. 4 backsaw with a 10″ blade.

The apple handle is insanely comfortable. The blade is a bit pitted, but the teeth are well-formed and sharp. Saw savant Tom Law cut the teeth for me many years ago, and I have maintained them well. It is 16 ppi and filed rip.

I never wanted to remove the patina from this saw because it was obviously well used. You make take another tack with this tool.

Price: $35 plus $6 domestic shipping.

About Tool Sales on My Blog
Please read this if you are interested in buying a tool. Why am I selling these tools? Read this entry before you freak out. There is no “master list” of tools that I can send you. I am working through several piles of tools and will list them when I can.

Want to see only the tools that haven’t sold? Easy. I’ve created a category for that on this blog. Click here and bookmark that page. When you visit that link, you’ll see only the tools that haven’t been sold.

While you can ask me all the questions you like about the tool, the first person to send me an e-mail that says: “I’ll take it,” gets the tool. Simple. To buy a tool, please send me an e-mail at christopher.schwarz@fuse.net.

Payment: I can accept PayPal or a personal check. As soon as the funds arrive, I’ll ship the tool using USPS. If you want insurance, let me know. I’m afraid I can only ship tools in the United States. Shipping internationally is very time-consuming and paperwork-heavy. My apologies in advance on this point.

If you don’t like the tool when you get it, I’ll be happy to refund your money if you return the tool. But postage is on you.

— Christopher Schwarz

SOLD: Here you can see why I don’t buy vintage infills through the Internet. This is a gorgeous and heavy Scottish infill plane, probably user-made.

It is 13-1/8″ long. The Hearnshaw iron is 2-3/8″ wide. The tool is easily four or more pounds of iron, steel and beech. And the tote is perfectly comfortable. It’s easy on the eyes and the hands.

But the mouth is 1/16″ wide, and the sole needs work to be used as a high-peformance panel plane. The sole is slightly concave along its length by a few thou and convex across its width by a few thou. In other words, yo have two choices with this tool: Scrape the sole, add a thicker iron and use it as an awesome panel plane, or leave it as-is and use it as the prettiest fore plane ever.

The iron is completely set up and sharp — it has only a slight curve sharpened on the edge. The breaker mates tight to the iron.

I paid $330 for it in 2006.

Price: $100 plus $9 domestic shipping. SOLD

About Tool Sales on My Blog
Please read this if you are interested in buying a tool. Why am I selling these tools? Read this entry
before you freak out. There is no “master list” of tools that I can
send you. I am working through several piles of tools and will list them
when I can.

Want to see only the tools that haven’t sold? Easy. I’ve created a category for that on this blog. Click here and bookmark that page. When you visit that link, you’ll see only the tools that haven’t been sold.

While you can ask me all the questions you like about the tool, the first person to send me an e-mail that says: “I’ll take it,” gets the tool. Simple. To buy a tool, please send me an e-mail at christopher.schwarz@fuse.net.

Payment: I can accept PayPal or a personal check. As soon as the funds arrive, I’ll ship the tool using USPS. If you want insurance, let me know. I’m afraid I can only ship tools in the United States. Shipping internationally is very time-consuming and paperwork-heavy. My apologies in advance on this point.

If you don’t like the tool when you get it, I’ll be happy to refund your money if you return the tool. But postage is on you.

— Christopher Schwarz

Leif Hanson, better known as the Norse Woodsmith, has published a lengthy and thoughtful review of our book “The Joiner and Cabinet Maker.”

Overall, I’d say that Hanson liked the book, though he does take issue with my contribution on some points.

1. Why did I not use hot hide glue to build the three projects from the book? Mea culpa. I should have used hot hide glue. I used liquid hide and (a couple times) a PVA.

2. Why are the hinges on The Schoolbox so darn ugly? They are bucky. I struggled to find ones that looked like the hinges in the isometric drawings in the book. But I couldn’t find any “off the rack.” My gut instinct was to get a blacksmith to make them, but I thought that might put some people off as too precious. I should have followed my gut.

I’m actually building another Schoolbox now and am about to add the hinges. These are better, but they still aren’t perfect. Time to call a blacksmith.

You can read Hanson’s full review on his site here. And while you are there, dig into his archive. He’s one of the leading resources for people who want to make their own saws.

If you haven’t ordered “The Joiner and Cabinet Maker,” you can do that in our store. It was printed in the United States, reflects almost a year of labor and (I think) is a lot of fun to read.

— Christopher Schwarz

P.S. You’re going to get to see an original copy of “The Joiner and Cabinet Maker” on Roy Underhill’s show this fall. He had me on as a guest and we discussed the book and the projects. It was a crazy show, but fun.

SOLD I bought this nice French drawknife from Garrett Wade, used it for about four years and then packed it away when I finally acquired my grandfather’s drawknife. I’d forgotten about this French tool entirely. I don’t need four drawknives.

Despite its unusual looks, it’s a comfortable tool to hold. The steel is very nice (I just resharpened it). The bottom of the blade is a slightly convex curve from right to left. If I remember right, they carried straight, concave and convex models.

In any case, I looked up the receipt and I paid about $60 for this tool in the 1990s.

Price: $35 plus domestic shipping.

About Tool Sales on My Blog Please read this if you are interested in buying a tool. Why am I selling these tools? Read this entry before you freak out. There is no “master list” of tools that I can send you. I am working through several piles of tools and will list them when I can.

Want to see only the tools that haven’t sold? Easy. I’ve created a category for that on this blog. Click here and bookmark that page. When you visit that link, you’ll see only the tools that haven’t been sold.

While you can ask me all the questions you like about the tool, the first person to send me an e-mail that says: “I’ll take it,” gets the tool. Simple. To buy a tool, please send me an e-mail at christopher.schwarz@fuse.net.

Payment: I can accept PayPal or a personal check. As soon as the funds arrive, I’ll ship the tool using USPS. If you want insurance, let me know. I’m afraid I can only ship tools in the United States. Shipping internationally is very time-consuming and paperwork-heavy. My apologies in advance on this point.

If you don’t like the tool when you get it, I’ll be happy to refund your money if you return the tool. But postage is on you.

— Christopher Schwarz